Indie Crowd Funder Raven Fund 1 Has Registered Over $43 Million of Investor Interest

Indie Crowd Funder, a crowdfunding platform set up to provide equity capital for films and entertainment, has seen solid progress on their Raven Fund 1. Using Tier 2 of Reg A+, Raven Fund 1 has now ga...

Crossflow Payments Announces Signing Deal With UK Electronics Retailer Maplin

Crossflow Payments, a tech-driven alternative finance platform delivering supply chain finance solutions, announced on Wednesday it has signed a deal with UK electronics retailer, Maplin Electronics. ...

Asset Match Says Interest in Early Stage Investment is High but Liquidity Challenges are a Problem

Peer to peer trading platform, Asset Match, is out with some research on the demand for a secondary market for alternative securities. Asset Match is a London-based platform that enables shareholders ...

Philippines: Central Bank Will Regulate Bitcoin, Virtual Currencies

The central bank in the Philippines laid down regulations last week for virtual currencies, including bitcoin. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) was prompted by the surge in the number of money trans...

Calling All Would-be Angels: “Invest In America Act” Bill Could Help You Find Your Wings

Start-ups and small businesses represent the heart of the American economy and fostering this sector is integral to continued innovation and job growth in the U.S.  Access to capital however, is alwa...

Crowdfunding 2.0 – A new asset class for your online brokerage account

  By: Blaine McLaughlin Via Folio and  CrowdFund Beat Sr. Guest Editor Part One In order to understand where we are and where we are going next, we need to look at where we have been and learn f...

Here is Lending Club’s Q4 Earnings Presentation (Deck)

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) has reported Q4 2016 earnings along with forward-looking statements for 2017. Lending Club reported that loan originations in Q4 of 2016 were $1.99 billion, or 1% higher compa...

“Apocalypse Now” Project Set to Move Funding Efforts to Its Own Site During Kickstarter Campaigning

With nearly one week until the Apocalypse Now Kickstarter was set to close, Francis Ford Coppola and his team announced plans to move funding efforts to their own website. Last month, Coppola and h...

Lending Club Reports Q4 & Full Year Results as Originations Dip: “We Are Entering 2017 in a Stronger Position”

Lending Club (NYSE:LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has reported Q4 results alongside full year numbers. Loan originations in Q4 of 2016 were $1.99 billion, up 1% compared to...

Snowball Effect: Increasing of Investment Activity, Dealflow, & Launch of Several New Products in 2016 Calls For Expansion

Just one month into the new year, Snowball Effect announced that 2016 was a recording breaking year for the Kiwi equity crowdfunding platform and is looking to expand its team. The funding portal reve...

“Kingdom Death” Creator Discusses Kickstarter Success (Video)

Just one month after securing more than $11 million on Kickstarter for his new project Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5, creator of the highly anticipated board game, Adam Poots, sat down with the platform ...

Arab Financial Services to Host First Annual Middle East & Africa Fintech Forum

Payment processing company Arab Financial Services is set to host the first annual Middle East and Africa Fintech Forum. This year’s theme is “Fintech Disruption in the Financial Industry....

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